Plane-handle



No. 752,532. PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

P.B.DR AUGHON. PLANE HANDLE.

APPLIOATIQN FILED JULY 6, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

11%. 752.532. I PATBNTED FEB; 16, 1.904.

P. E. DRAUGHON'. PLANE HANDLE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 6, 1 903.

no MODEL. z SHEETS-SHEET 2 Patented February 16, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OrricEt PETER EDwAnDs 'DR UGHON, or MOBILE, ALABAMA. I

. PLANE-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 752, 532, dated February 16, 1904.

Application 5185 July 6,1903. Serial rm 164,407. (No nipdel.)

tion and more specifically pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective of a plane equipped with my device. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 4 is a detailsection of one of the handles. I

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the handlebar. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective of the brace.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the different views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates a common block jack-plane, having a uniform body or block 2 of substantially square cross section. straight handle-bar'3 is employed, which is elliptical in cross-section, but the lower third of which is made slab-sided on two opposite sides 4. to accommodate straps 5, which have their lower ends laterally offset to form parallel jaws 6, located opposite each other and gripping the forward end of the body 2 of the plane 1. Bolts 7 pass through apertures 5 and 3 in the straps 5 and bar 3, respectively, and are provided with vthumb-nuts 8 for use in clamping the jaws 6. To hold the bar 3 rigid, a brace 9 is provided, which passes through a slot 10 in the bar 3 intermediate the straps 5. A claw 10 is formed on the lower end of the brace and engages the rear end of the plane-block 2. A series of apertures 11 are formed in the upper end of the bar 3 and are designed to be engaged by a bolt 12, fitting apertures 13 in the straps 5. To firmly secure the brace 9 against movement, a

pair of jaws 14 are provided, which are formed on and laterally oiiset from straps 15, secured to the brace 9 by means of bolts 16, passing through apertures 17 in the brace 9 and straps 15. Thumb-nuts 18', fitted on the bolts 16, enable the grip of the jaws 14, which engage the opposite sides of the block 2, to be regulated.

To enable the bar 3 to be firmly grasped,

handles 18 are provided and comprise eyes 19, having shanks 19 surrounded by handgrips 20, held by nuts 21 on the-free threaded ends 22 of the shanks 19*. When in use, my handle is adjusted to the height of the person using it and the length of the plane to which it is attached by setting the bar 3 at the proper inclination, then adjusting the brace 9 to correspond, and then securing them by the setting-bolts and thumbnuts provided for the purpose and specifically pointed out in the specification, after which the plane is operated by grasping the cylindrical grips 20. I

I do not wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these may be modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my'invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is+

1. In a plane-handle, the combination of the handle-bar bearing two laterally-offset jaws for engaging the sides of the plane-block, the means for. clamping said jaws, the handles mounted on said handle-bar, the brace pivoted to said handle-bar and bearing a claw and two laterally-ofiset jaws designed to engage the end and sides respectively of the plane-block, substantially as described.

2-. In a handle for floor-planes, the combination of the handle-bar provided with han- 3. In a handle for floor-planes, the combination of the handle-bar provided with handles, the straps bearing laterally-offset jaws for engaging the sides of the plane, the setscrews for clamping said jaws, the brace-bar pivoted to said handle-bar and having a claw formed on the end thereof for engaging the rear end of a plane-block, the straps bearing laterally-offset jaws for engaging the sides of the plane, and the means for clamping said jaws, substantially as described.

4:. A plane-handle embracing a handle-bar, a brace connected to said handle-bar, means for connecting said handle-bar laterally to the plane and means for connecting said brace lat- IIGSSGS.

erally to said plane,said brace having a claw engaging said plane, at its rear end.

5. A plane-handle embracing a handle-bar, jaws connecting the latter to the plane, a brace connected to said handle-bar, and jaws connecting said brace. to said plane, said brace haging a claw engaging said plane, at its rear en In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my ,hand in presence of two subscribing wit- PETER EDWARDS DRAUGHON. Witnesses:

A. GRIFFING,

JAMES M. CLOUD. 

